Does the titanium dioxide in food and nanomaterials affect the gut microbiome?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 3, 2017 — A new study has shown that the...
Penn/CHOP study helps inform interventions for global road traffic injury crisis
Credit: Penn Nursing (PHILADELPHIA) Jan. 30, 2017 – Road traffic injuries are a major cause of disability and are responsible...
Neural signature for fibromyalgia may aid diagnosis, treatment
Credit: Image: Cognitive and Affective Control Laboratory / University of Colorado Boulder. University of Colorado Boulder researchers have discovered a...
ISHLT issues updated candidacy criteria for heart transplantation
New York, NY, January 7, 2016 – To determine patient eligibility for heart transplant, the International Society for Heart Lung...
Study: Blood vessels store, secrete key blood-clotting protein
HOUSTON — (Nov. 2, 2015) — Rice University scientists have solved a long-standing mystery about where the body stores and...
Females seeking a sex partner can tell whether males experienced…
Credit: Jonathan Cohen/Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, NY – Sexual preference is influenced by males' adolescent social stress history and social status,...
Lyme disease researchers seek consensus as number of cases grows
Credit: Catherine Bouchard Scientists have built a large body of knowledge about Lyme disease over the past 40 years, yet...
New study explains why MRSA ‘superbug’ kills influenza patients
Credit: Sun et al., 2016 Researchers have discovered that secondary infection with the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacterium (or "superbug")...
Shortness of breath is an important signal of potential disease
Credit: The University of Gothenburg Shortness of breath is an often overlooked symptom of what may be heart failure or...
Study led by Temple researchers reveals new link between Down syndrome…
(Philadelphia, PA) – Individuals with Down syndrome who survive into adulthood face the additional challenge of early-onset dementia, in which...
Home blood pressure monitors inaccurate 70 percent of the time: Study
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio Seventy per cent of readings from home blood pressure monitors are unacceptably inaccurate, which could cause serious...
APACMed announces partnership with CoRE
Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School The Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed), the only regional trade body for the medical devices,...
CHLA researcher awarded $1.7 million to study heart regeneration
Credit: Ching-Ling (Ellen) Lien, PhD, Children's Hospital Los Angeles Ching-Ling (Ellen) Lien, PhD, an investigator at The Saban Research Institute...
How the shape and size of your face relates to your sexuality
Men and women with shorter, wider faces tend to be more sexually motivated and to have a stronger sex drive...
Residents: Frontline defenders against antibiotic resistance?
Credit: Children's National Health System Antibiotic resistance continues to grow around the world, with sometimes disastrous results. Some strains of...
Broken pebbles offer clues to Paleolithic funeral rituals
Credit: Université de Montréal Humans may have ritualistically "killed" objects to remove their symbolic power, some 5,000 years earlier than...
Antidepressant may enhance drug delivery to the brain
Credit: NIEHS NIH rat study suggests amitriptyline temporarily inhibits the blood-brain barrier, allowing drugs to enter the brain. New research...
U study: Law aiding infants at risk for hearing loss
Credit: University of Utah A Utah law has led to increased early identification of infants with hearing loss due to...
Discover of a protein that protects against fatty liver
Credit: C. Maillo, IRB Barcelona This condition generally leads to chronic inflammation (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis), which can trigger fibrosis, cirrhosis and...
Working on your tot’s memory now can help his high school…
Preschoolers who score lower on a working memory task are likely to score higher on a dropout risk scale at...
